Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-17
FLUTTER OF THE SHIRT.
RADICAL SENATOR'S RAISE THE
DRY of BULLDOZING.

The Once Successful Party warwbnaS
Now 40 Weak as to sound Like a C a
of Distress-The District Attorney IA
Western Texas Bound to Let no Gulli m
Man Escape.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-fn the senss
to-day, ,on motion OF Mr.. Evarts, the print.
ing of the testimony being taken in tho
Texas investigation was ordered. Tns
resolution offered yesterday by Mr.. Hoar
to have the Committee on Privileges and
Elections inquire also as to whether tho
District Attorney or Marshal OF the
Western District OF Texas has been at
tempting to obstruct the investig atloID
to intimIdate witnesses was takEp.
GIVE THEM A CHANCE0
Mr.. Coke moved to amend the resoln-
tion by requiring notice of the investiga-
tion to be given to those officials, and that
witnesses may be summoned In their de-
fense. He had no objection to this in
vestigation, but he knew that th51Df0r-
nation on which it was based was abso-
lutely false. All that there was In 1t was
that some of the witnesses summoned to
Washington were afterward subpenaed
to appear before the grand jury at Aus
tin, had been brought there and testified
and were now in Washington.
WANTED IN TEXAS.
Mr. Hoar sent TO the clerks desk CONS
municatiOn from the Department of jus.
tice, including copy OF telegram from
the District Attorney of Western Texas, TO
the Attorney General, asking him to have
the chairman of the committee wire to
him "the names of important government
witnesses who refuse to return to Texas
and hold them until subpGnaed." Mr..
Coke explained that telegram to mean
the compelling of all witnesses here to
appear before the grand jury at AUSTIN
The District Attorney was simply per-
forming his duty actively and fairly.
Mr.. Hear moved to lay Mr.. Coke's
amendment on the table.
This was agreed to by vote OF 30 yeas
to % nays, a party vote. Mr.. Hoar's reso-
luton was then adopted by party vote
of 30 TO 10.
THE INVESTIGATION.
The investigation of the alleged polite
cal irregularities in Washington county.
Tex, was resumed by the Senate commit
tee to-day. j. M. Nicholson, a white
planter who has resided 20 years in
Washington county, testified that there
was no election at Chadwick's Gin House,
because be couldn't find any one who
could write that was willing to serve as
an election officer at the polls. Only four OF
the white voters OF the precinct could read
ana WElLes NO one uecllneQ 10 serve
from fear OF personal injury.
CAPTURE OF THE BOX.
Lewis Pennington (colored) testified
that he was one OF the judges of the elec-
lion last November. He told the story oG
the assault upon the election officers by
three masked armed men, who demanded
ana took away the ballot-box, the shoot
ing OF Bolton, one OF the raiders, and the
subsequent hanging of Ephraim Jones,
Alfred Jones and Shed Fielder, three COL
ored men.
Felix Kinlow oolored told substantial
ly the same story, AS did also Andy Hayes.
another OF the negro outsiders, who were
in the room where the vote was being
counted. Two of these witnesses 3D.
mitted having previously told diffGY
story, but said they did so under the IN
finence of fear.
W. NJ Shaw (oolored) told the story OF
the raiding OF the Graball polling place
by three armed and disguised white men,
who carried away the ballot box.
The hearing was then adjourned.